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,:»;*¤@@@# ####,»» FERMI'S PARADOX »»,#### #@@@¤*;»:,
,:;*¤@#### #,,,»»»»»»»»,,,# ####@¤*;:,
,:»;*¤@### ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*@#### ON EARTH (THE PLANET WHERE I LIVE) A ####@*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### LOT OF US HAVE ANTENNAS ON OUR HOUSES ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@@@@ OR BALCONIES, WE HAVE BUILT LARGE @@@@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### ANTENNAS FOR LARGER BANDWITH, WE HAVE ###@¤*;»:,
,,::»****@ BUILD SPECIALIZED ANTENNAES FOR @****»::,,
,:»;;;**@# SPECIFIC WAVELENGTHS (AND SENT THEM #@**;;;»:,
,:»;*¤@### INTO ORBIT), WE'VE BUILT LARGE AS FUCK ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### ANTENNA ARRAYS ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;;;**@# WE'VE VIRTUALLY BUILT AN ANTENNA WITH A #@**;;;»:,
,:»;*¤@@@@ DISH AS LARGE AS EARTH. @@@@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### ###@¤*;»:,
,,,,»»*¤@# WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT OUR POSITION IN THE #@¤*»»,,,,
,:»»»****@ SOLAR SYSTEM, OUR SOLAR SYSTEMS @****»»»:,
:»;*¤@#### PLACEMENT IN THE GALAXY, AND OUR ####@¤*;»:
,:»;*¤@### GALAXYS PLACEMENT IN THE LOCAL CLUSTER, ###@¤*;»:,
,,,,»*¤@@@ AND »OUR» LOCAL CLUSTERS PLACE IN THE @@@¤*»,,,,
,:»;*¤@### GRAND SCHEME OF THINGS ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### ###@¤*;»:,
,,:»;*¤¤## AND WE'RE MOVING AROUND THE SUN AT ##¤¤*;»:,,
,:»;*¤@### VELOCITY AND THE SUNS MOVING AROUND THE ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### CENTER OF THE GALAXY AT VELOCITY AND ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### THE GALAXY IS MOVING TOWARD ANDROMEDA ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;¤@#### AND WE'RE BOTH MOVING ANTICLOCKWISE ####@¤;»:,
,:»;**¤@@@ AROUND THE GALAXY. AND WE AS A SPECIES @@@¤**;»:,
,:»;*¤@### HAVE LEARNED TO TAKE ALL THAT IN ACCOUNT ###@¤*;»:,
,,,,,,:;¤# #¤;:,,,,,,
,:»;*¤@### AND DESPITE ALL THIS, DESPITE ALL OUR ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### (CLICHE) BEAMING OF FUCKING STELLAR ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### RADIO PROGRAMMES OUT IN FUCKING SPACE ###@¤*;»:,
,:»»;**@@@ AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT (LIGHT IS OUR @@@**;»»:,
,,,,:»;*@# MEDIUM! GOODSPEED YOU, BLACK EMPEROR!), #@*;»:,,,,
,:»;*¤@### DESPITE GHOSTS HELPING AND THE ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### COLLECTIVE CONSCIOUSNESS LOWPASS ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### FILTERING, DESPITE OUR VERY OBVIOUS ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### BEAMING OF ALL OUR SECRETS IN EVERY ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### DIRECTION KNOWN TO US, ###@¤*;»:,
,,,::»***@ @***»::,,,
,:»;*¤@### NO , ONE , HAS , ANSWERED ###@¤*;»:,
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,:»;*¤@### #,,,»»»»»»»»,,,# ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### ####,»» FERMI'S PARADOX »»,#### ###@¤*;»:,
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,,,,:;**@@ SO WHY IS THAT? @@**;:,,,,
,:»;*@#### ####@*;»:,
,,,,::;¤¤@ MOST OPPONENTS TO INTELLIGENT LIFE IN @¤¤;::,,,,
,:»;*¤@### THE UNIVERSE SAY IT'S BECAUSE YOU NEED ###@¤*;»:,
,,:»;*¤@## A CLASS ONE-OR-THE-OTHER STAR AND THE ##@¤*;»:,,
,:»;*@#### PLANET NEEDS TO BE AT A SEE-AND-SO ####@*;»:,
,:»;**¤@## DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE STAR (LIKE THERE ##@¤**;»:,
,:»;*¤#### HAS TO BE A PLANET!) ####¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### ###@¤*;»:,
,,,,,,»*¤@ BUT REALLY ISN'T THAT KEEPING THE @¤*»,,,,,,
,:»;*¤#### DEFINITION OF LIFE REALLY LAX? ####¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤¤@## ##@¤¤*;»:,
,:»»»;¤¤@# I THINK EVERYONE AGREES THAT WE HAVE NO #@¤¤;»»»:,
,:»;*¤@### IDEA WHAT WE'RE DOING (AND IT PROBABLY ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*@#### SHOWS) ####@*;»:,
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,:»;*¤@@## ####,»» FERMI'S PARADOX »»,#### ##@@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### #,,,»»»»»»»»,,,# ###@¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@@@# #@@@¤*;»:,
,:»;;;;;*@ I'M GONNA GO SMOKE MY THIRD CIGARETTE @*;;;;;»:,
,:»;*¤#### THIS YEAR AND TRY TO SNATCH SOME BEERS ####¤*;»:,
,:»;*¤@### FROM THE LOCAL BEER THING ###@¤*;»:,
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